In China hukou (the household registration system) imposes barriers on permanent migration from rural to urban areas … counterparts left behind in rural China. The probability of becoming a permanent migrant is positively related to parental …-born counterparts and those who receive a hukou before age 25 typically earn at least as much as their urban-born counterparts. The …

We study urban Chinese employers' preferences between workers with and without a local residence permit (hukou) using …

economic incentives. We focus on China's household registration (hukou) system which favors urban residents and discriminates … against rural residents in resource allocation. Our results indicate that making individuals' hukou status salient and public …

This paper constructs a theoretical labor market model for China, and utilizes the model to examine the effects of … three sectors – state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and agriculture – and China's unique household registration … system (hukou). The major existing theoretical models of employment and development – the Lewis model, the integrated labor …

In 2007, China launched a subsidized voluntary public health insurance program, the Urban Resident Basic Medical …. We estimate the impact of this program on health care utilization and expenditure using 2006 and 2009 waves of the China …

We use household surveys from 1995, 2002, and 2007 to examine how changes in job structure contributed to China …

document preferences and premiums for state jobs in urban China over private jobs. The state sector attracted the best workers …

that has caused the skill price to rise, especially in the earlier period. Another finding is that China’s export share of … latter period from 2002 to 2007, highlighting the impact of China’s entry into the WTO. …

Unlike most countries, China regulates internal migration. Public benefits, access to good quality housing, schools …, health care, and attractive employment opportunities are available only to those who have local registration (Hukou …). Coincident with the deepening of economic reforms, Hukou has gradually been relaxed since the 1980s, helping to explain an …